That's what Philip K. Dick called
artificial human organs in 1964.
Scientists at Imperial College London have become the first in the world to test how pathogens interact with
artificial human organs.
Not exact matches
ReInnervate, a start - up in Durham, England, is developing a tiny, three - dimensional plastic scaffolding on which
human cells can be grown into
artificial tissue, and perhaps eventually into replacements for
organs.
My money is on
humans doing
artificial limb /
organ regeneration before God does it supernaturally.
A related area of problems arises in connection with the probable increase of
organ transplants, the use of
artificial bodily parts, and the probability of growing
human embryos in the laboratory.
BUILDING
artificial tissue could become child's play, if Lego - like blocks made of
human cells can be assembled into working
organs.
Those with more science knowledge are especially likely to see bioengineered
artificial organs for
human transplant as an appropriate use of medical advances (85 % compared with 65 % of those with less science knowledge).
On - demand replacement body parts inched closer to reality with the announcement from San Diego biotech company Organovo that its
organ «printer» had created the first
artificial blood vessel made entirely from
human cells, with no synthetic scaffolding.
Similarly, other methods of developing
artificial organs have also surfaced such as in March when researchers were able to successfully utilize spinach leaves to create actual beating
human heart tissue.